RIC VII, NICOMEDIA [before 18], LICINIUS I, UNLISTED REVERSE LEGEND

OBVERSE	LICINIVS-AVGVSTVS [LICINIVS AVGVSTVS]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	IOVICONS-ERVATORI [IOVI CONSERVATORI]; Jupiter stg. l. on platform, chlamys across l. shoulder, holding Victory on globe, leaning on sceptre; at feet, eagle with wreath; SIC X/SIC XX on face of platform. SMNΔ in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED REVERSE LEGEND. Specimen similar to NICOMEDIA 18 except for reverse legend: IOVI CONSERVATORI instead of IOVI CONS LICINI AVG (p. 602; see example of NICOMEDIA 18 sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction; weight 5.31 g). Coin belongs to the issue struck for the decennalia of Licinius I. Should be listed before NICOMEDIA 18. See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 601.

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Aureus. Weight 5.28 g. Coin sold on Gemini III auction in January 2007 for $11,000; sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction in October 2011 for CHF 15,000.